- Industry: Energy
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California’s primary energy policy and planning agency
The Energy Policy Act of 1992 addresses a wide variety of energy issues. The legislation creates a new class of power generators, exempt wholesale generators (EWGs), that are exempt from the provisions of the Public Utilities Holding Company Act of 1935 and grants the authority to FERC to order and condition access by eligible parties to the interconnected transmission grid.
Industry:Energy
Efficiency Service Company. A company that offers to reduce a client's electricity consumption with the cost savings being split with the client.
Industry:Energy
A vehicle powered by electricity, usually provided by batteries but may also be provided by photovoltaic (solar) cells or a fuel cell.
Industry:Energy
A provision under the California Emergency Services Act permits the Governor to establish, by Executive Order Number 6, a state Petroleum Fuels Set-Aside programme after proclamation of an energy emergency.
Industry:Energy
The federal agency in charge of disaster recovery in locations that have been declared disaster areas by a state's Governor and the President of the United States.
Industry:Energy
An independent regulatory commission within the U.S. Department of Energy that has jurisdiction over energy producers that sell or transport fuels for resale in interstate commerce; the authority to set oil and gas pipeline transportation rates and to set the value of oil and gas pipelines for ratemaking purposes; and regulates wholesale electric rates and hydroelectric plant licenses.
Industry:Energy
A centrally operated direct payment programme that assists eligible households in offsetting the cost of heating and cooling their homes. Payments are generally made in the form of dual party warrants (checks) made payable to the applicant and their designated utility company. The programme is administered by the California Department of Economic Opportunity using federal and state funds. The toll-free number for the HEAP programme is (800) 433-4327. For more information about your utility bills.
Industry:Energy
A measure of heating efficiency for the total heating output of a central air-conditioning heat pump. Efficiency is derived according to federal test methods by using the total Btus during its normal usage period for heating divided by the total electrical energy input in watt-hours during the same period. California Code of Regulations, Section 2-1602(c)(7).
Industry:Energy
A system that provides heating, ventilation and/or cooling within or associated with a building.
Industry:Energy
Term used by federal government for any vehicle that is certified to meet the California Air Resources Board's Low Emission Vehicle (LEV) standards for non-methane organic gases and carbon monoxide, ULEV standards for nitrogen oxides and does not emit any evaporative emissions.
Industry:Energy
